On March 11th, the open match between Hanshin Tigers and Saitama Seibu Lions was held in Koshien, and Saitama Seibu Lions lost 1-4.

Saitama Seibu Lions 's starter, Kaito Yoza pitcher, allowed the first run in the first inning with no outs on first and sacrifice fly third base. In addition, wild pitch was also entangled and invited a pinch with 2 outs and 2nd base, and he was hit at the right time and this inning was 2 runs. Still, after the second inning, he carried runner for three consecutive inning, but closed the key points and did not give up any additional runs.

The batting line that wants to support is Takayoshi Yamamura in the top of the 4th inning, with hit and stolen base by player , and Nevin player scored one run with a timely hit from second base. However, after the 5th inning, they were unable to attack the opponent's relief team. 4 inning It was a difficult development, such as suffering a three-way retirement in a row.

​Yutaro Watanabe pitcher, who rose to mound from the bottom of the 5th inning, made it to 2nd and 3rd base with 1 out due to consecutive errors by his teammates, and Kaisei Okashiro hit a timely triple with 2 runs to make the score 1-4. In the top of the ninth inning, Yamamura and pinch hitter Manaya Nishikawa created a good opportunity with one out, first and second base, but the game ended with two consecutive struck out.

Saitama Seibu Lions, who lost, had 4 innings of 74 pitches, 5 hit 1 Walk 4 strike out 2 runs Kaito Yoza pitcher 4 pitches. In the batting lineup, Yamamura has 2 hit and Nevin has marked his first hit and first RBI in the open game.

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West: Kaito Yoza-Yutaro Watanabe
God ○ Ragsdale - Tsuyoshi Shiiba - Junya Tsuda - Yasunari Kudo - Takuma Kirishiki - Satoto Kinoshita

Written by Ao Yokoyama